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Overview Trees have an increasingly important role to play in meeting environmental goals, and farms are a key place where this can happen. This research explores how farmers in England think about growing trees, and how their goals, experiences and values influence the choices they make. The study draws on...

Underplanting extends the range of coniferous tree species that could potentially be used to diversify future commercial timber production in the United Kingdom

This publication examines oribatid mite species richness and community composition across over 500 sites of different temperate habitats in Great Britain using data from the 1998 Countryside Survey.

Summary This Letter to the Editor of the international journal ‘Phytopathology’ lays out the case for retaining the historic and well recognised name Phytophthora, which is applied to a genus of highly significant plant destroying pathogens. The authors’ case is based on strong biological and genetic evidence, but also emphasises...

Six UK-wide trials tested 17 alternative tree species for commercial timber production, revealing promising options like Douglas fir and Maritime pine to reduce risks from pests, diseases, and climate change.

This research tested the efficacy and tree tolerance of the herbicide amidosulfuron, in combination with different spray adjuvants, as possible alternatives for controlling bracken infestations in woodland.

Non-hazardous rapeseed oil spray adjuvants do not improve the rainfastness or effectiveness of glyphosate for Rhododendron ponticum shrub control.

This paper summarises the results of Forest Research’s citizen science canopy cover webmap. Tree canopy cover was measured by contributors to the project in 5,749 urban wards in the UK using a random sample, manual image classification tool called i-Tree Canopy. The area-weighted mean canopy cover across urban areas in...

A study of chemical runoff following the use of acetamiprid as a pre-treatment and top-up spray to prevent damage from the large pine weevil (Hylobius abietis L.) to young trees was undertaken at a restock site in mid-Wales. The site was specifically selected to pose a high risk of chemical...

An analysis of relevant species trials was carried out to assess the productivity of potential alternative conifer species to Sitka spruce on upland site types in Britain. Data from 87 forest experiments planted between 1929 and 1995 were analysed to compare long-term performance of 52 species with that of Sitka...

Understanding how we can increase the resilience of forest systems to future extreme drought events is increasingly important as these events become more frequent and intense. Diversifying production forests using intimate mixtures of trees with complementary functional traits is considered as one promising silvicultural approach that may increase drought resilience....

The pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne) is a resident UK butterfly which is in decline, partly because grasses can outcompete its preferred food plant, common dog-violet (Viola riviniana). We therefore investigated whether using graminicides could help to enhance the habitat quality of a violet-rich butterfly ride. Applications of 1.5 kg a.i....